Wednesday, March 12, 2008

News of the Day -- March 12, 2008

+ Congratulations to Scrap Irony, winner of The Park Bench's first ever giveaway! Scrap chose the number 79 which was closest without going over to the husband's number of 81, which sadly did not relate to anything nerdy. Please e-mail me, Scrap, at editors at theparkbenchonline dot com and I'll get the Appleseed DVD in the mail for you. Thank you to everyone who played along. Hopefully I'll have more stuff to give away in the future.

+ Who says the quiet girls can't have fun...and by fun, I mean engage in self-destructive behavior just like Britney? It came out yesterday that Dawn Wells, Mary Ann from "Gilligan's Island," got caught for pot possession in late February. She was sentenced to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving. Dawn Wells is now the owner of my favorite celebrity mug shot ever:

She's so cheerful! Ten bucks the booking officer asked her to make him a coconut cream pie...

I was really angry when I saw that. It was just the most ridiculous thing I've seen in years. If I ever meet Ashton Kutcher, I'm definitely kneeing him in the groin. I may have to get a ladder to do it, but I think it'll be worth the effort...

We ran into some of the guys from last season's Beauty and the Geek at John Harvard's in Boston last weekend. One of the people with us watched the show, knew who they were, and wanted to say hello, so we did.

I took a certain glee in our table's cheerful out-geekage of those poor guys. They did a bit of fan-boying once the introductions went around. They may be geeks, but we're *professional* geeks, dammit. ;-)

That said, the show is pretty appalling. I can't imagine wanting to go on it, knowing the show will make you out to fit every stereotype out there.